Appearance of inconsistency

[HeavenlyOne]

Originally Posted by OP_Carl

All this choice Think about it. For all of history, the human race has not had the ability to choose something other than the natural course of events for a husband and wife. And now in the last 60 years all of a sudden we can choose abortion, choose BC, choose to cut off life support, choose artificial insemination. We're allowing technological advances to drive moral and sociological thought. We scarcely even know how to theologically address genetic experimentation and human cloning.

Birth control has been around since the time of Moses. Or thereabouts.


I think choice is a great thing, especially in the medical community. In some countries, one doesn't have a choice. If the doctor declares the child can't live with quality of life, they are 'let go'.

Technological advances have always driven moral and sociological thoughts. That's not a new thing.

[OP_Carl]

Preventative birth control has been around for a long time, but not widely available, practiced, promoted, or advertised.

The pill as a way of life, as a means to enter a brave new world, is new. The pill is instrumental in the present paradigm shift away from the traditional nuclear family.

I'm familiar with the odds, but I still feel that we were duped into consuming a product that is inconsistent with our beliefs about the sanctity of human life.